Iran Nobel winner’s group to protest office closure

TEHRAN (AFP) – The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureateShirin Ebadi is to lodge a complaint against the “illegal” closure of its office, a founding member of the centre said on Friday. Iranian police on Sunday raided and shut down the office of the Human Rights Defenders Centre, signalling a toughening crackdown on rights groups in the Islamic republic.

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